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Joseph Addison Quotes

All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter Picture Quote #1

My voice is still for war. Gods! can a Roman senate long debate Which of the two to choose, slavery or death? Picture Quote #1

In the founders of great families, titles or attributes of honor are generally correspondent with the virtues of the person to whom they are applied; but in their descendants they are too often the marks rather of grandeur than of merit. The stamp and denomination still continue, but the intrinsic value is frequently lost Picture Quote #1

There is something very sublime, though very fanciful, in Plato’s description of the Supreme Being,--that truth is His body and light His shadow. According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood Picture Quote #1

Good Nature, and Evenness of Temper, will give you an easie Companion for Life; Vertue and good Sense, an agreeable Friend; Love and Constancy, a good Wife or Husband. Where we meet one Person with all these Accomplishments, we find an Hundred without any one of them Picture Quote #1

The Fashionable World is grown free and easie; our Manners sit more loose upon us: Nothing is so modish as an agreeable Negligence. In a word, Good Breeding shows it self most, where to an ordinary Eye it appears the least Picture Quote #1

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Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel Picture Quote #1

There is not, in my opinion, anything more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which thus rise above reason, and yet fall infinitely short of it Picture Quote #1

There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty Picture Quote #1

The spacious firmament on high, And all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim Picture Quote #1

When love’s well-timed ‘tis not a fault to love; The strong, the brave, the virtuous, and the wise, Sink in the soft captivity together Picture Quote #1

If you wish success in life, make perseverance you bosom friend, experience your wise councellor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius Picture Quote #1

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Nature in her whole drama never drew such a part; she has sometimes made a fool, but a coxcomb is always of a man’s own making Picture Quote #1

Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty Picture Quote #1

Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature Picture Quote #1

Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below Picture Quote #1

Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense Picture Quote #1

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion Picture Quote #1

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There is nothing that makes it's way more directly into the soul than beauty Picture Quote #1

Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both Picture Quote #1

There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice Picture Quote #1

Amidst the soft variety I’m lost Picture Quote #1

How beautiful is death, when earn’d by virtue! Picture Quote #1

Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, and intimates eternity to man Picture Quote #1

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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man Picture Quote #1

A perfect tragedy is the noblest production of human nature Picture Quote #1

Man is the merriest species of the creation; all above or below him are serious Picture Quote #1

Physic is, for the most part, only a substitute for temperance and exercise Picture Quote #1

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world Picture Quote #1

The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune Picture Quote #1

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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter (Joseph Addison Quotes) My voice is still for war. Gods! can a Roman senate long debate Which of the two to choose, slavery or death? (Joseph Addison Quotes) In the founders of great families, titles or attributes of honor are generally correspondent with the virtues of the person to whom they are applied; but in their descendants they are too often the marks rather of grandeur than of merit. The stamp and denomination still continue, but the intrinsic value is frequently lost (Joseph Addison Quotes) There is something very sublime, though very fanciful, in Plato’s description of the Supreme Being,--that truth is His body and light His shadow. According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood (Joseph Addison Quotes) Good Nature, and Evenness of Temper, will give you an easie Companion for Life; Vertue and good Sense, an agreeable Friend; Love and Constancy, a good Wife or Husband. Where we meet one Person with all these Accomplishments, we find an Hundred without any one of them (Joseph Addison Quotes) The Fashionable World is grown free and easie; our Manners sit more loose upon us: Nothing is so modish as an agreeable Negligence. In a word, Good Breeding shows it self most, where to an ordinary Eye it appears the least (Joseph Addison Quotes) Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel. (Joseph Addison Quotes) There is not, in my opinion, anything more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which thus rise above reason, and yet fall infinitely short of it. (Joseph Addison Quotes) There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty (Joseph Addison Quotes) The spacious firmament on high, And all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. (Joseph Addison Quotes) When love’s well-timed ‘tis not a fault to love; The strong, the brave, the virtuous, and the wise, Sink in the soft captivity together. (Joseph Addison Quotes) If you wish success in life, make perseverance you bosom friend, experience your wise councellor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. (Joseph Addison Quotes) Nature in her whole drama never drew such a part; she has sometimes made a fool, but a coxcomb is always of a man’s own making... (Joseph Addison Quotes) Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty. (Joseph Addison Quotes) Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature (Joseph Addison Quotes) Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below (Joseph Addison Quotes) Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense (Joseph Addison Quotes) Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion (Joseph Addison Quotes) There is nothing that makes it's way more directly into the soul than beauty (Joseph Addison Quotes) Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both (Joseph Addison Quotes) There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice (Joseph Addison Quotes) Amidst the soft variety I’m lost (Joseph Addison Quotes) How beautiful is death, when earn’d by virtue! (Joseph Addison Quotes) Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, and intimates eternity to man (Joseph Addison Quotes) Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man (Joseph Addison Quotes) A perfect tragedy is the noblest production of human nature (Joseph Addison Quotes) Man is the merriest species of the creation; all above or below him are serious (Joseph Addison Quotes) Physic is, for the most part, only a substitute for temperance and exercise (Joseph Addison Quotes) A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world (Joseph Addison Quotes) The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune (Joseph Addison Quotes)

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